http://team.gobanzai.com/ Team Banzai and Dora en-us Sun, 4 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 4 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT Banzai RSS Generator 1.0 http://team.gobanzai.com/ Team Banzai went 1 for 4 during the regular rounds to qualify for the special fifth round on the last day. We had a near perfect run in the morning and just needed to finish the afternoon run to qualify for the Finals. Unfortunately, our over-conservative driving strategy caused Dora to think she was boxed in by a single traffic cone, thus ending her chance to run for $2 million. Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:00:00 GMT 34.088279 -117.499895 98 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/events/NQE/images/DSC00575.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/events/NQE/images/DSC00633.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/events/NQE/images/DSC00639.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/widget/ Get the latest news about Dora delivered to your desktop. Version 1.1 is now available with a new timing logic so articles will pause longer and mulitple images will fade smoother. Try setting the aticle cycle time to 10 or 15 sec. Tue, 1 Sep 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.045256 -117.254806 72 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img11.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img08.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_08302005.htm Team Banzai, Modern Postcard, and Herman Cook Volkswagen invite drivers to attend a special live demonstration event featuring 'Dora', a full sized Volkswagen Touareg SUV that drives herself using GPS and laser sensor technology all controlled by three Apple Mac mini computers. This event will be the first opportunity for the public to see Dora's self- driving capabilities up close. 'Drivers Invited' will be held on September 10, 1-3pm at Herman Cook Volkswagen in Encinitas, California. In addition, the event will be simultaneously broadcast via iChat video-conference technology with Apple Store San Francisco. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.045256 -117.254806 72 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/cookvw.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/apple_sf.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/events/NQE/NQE_Course.pdf The National Qualifying Event will be the first time that the 40 semi-finalist teams will compete head-to-head for the final 20 spots. The NQE will test vehicles for safety and performance before releasing them onto the grueling 150 desert off-road course of the actual DARPA Grand Challenge Event on Oct 8 in Primm, NV. With so many teams and media from around the world, the NQE is shaping up to be a "mini-Olympics" for those in the robotic vechicles field. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:00:00 GMT 34.088279 -117.499895 72 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/events/NQE/NQE_course.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/events/NQE/caSpeedway_race.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/widget/ To test the recent modifications for off-road racing, Dora has been driving around the sourthern California desert to see if all the computer and electronic equipement can hold up to the punishing desert terrain. This video is from one of her non-stop runs where she averaged around 20 mph around a desert loop, traveling up to 35 mph in the straight-aways. Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.158391 -116.142139 112 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/dora_24.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_07252005.htm Dora is now world famous. On Wednesday (Jul 20) Apple posted an article on their "hot news" section, and the response from the Mac community has been phenomenal. Dora's picture and story have been posted and discussed on websites around the world; traffic to our site has jumped through the roof; and people have been sending us all sorts of "how can we help" and "go Team Banzai" emails and offers. We want to thank Pint.com for sponsoring a complete redesign of our website (coming soon), and SysTame (with their all Mac servers) for providing us with the bandwidth to handle this traffic surge (over 200 Gb downloaded in the last 5 days). And of course, we want to thank everybody out there who knows what it means to Think Different. Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.158391 -116.142139 112 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img11.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_06202005.htm Team Banzai has partnered with Club Touareg to develop the ultimate off-roading Touareg designed by an open-source community. Leveraging the collective experience and expertise of Club Touareg's membership, Team Banzai's computer-driven, but otherwise stock production 2004 V6 Touareg, nicknamed 'Dora, the self-driving Touareg' will be configured by the Club Touareg community and outfitted by Team Banzai to maximize her off-roading capabilities as she attempts to win $2 million in the DARPA Grand Challenge race for autonomous ground vehicles. Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.158391 -116.142139 118 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img01.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img02.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img03.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img04.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_06062005.htm Team Banzai is one of only 40 teams from around the country to advance by invitation to the national semi-final qualification event of the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Selected from a field of over 200 teams that competed through earlier regional elimination rounds, Team Banzai is proud to be participating in this exciting head-to-head competition in an attempt to win $2 million. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.158391 -116.142139 109 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img09.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img08.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_05092005.htm Visiting DARPA officials displayed smiles and expressed admiration as they evaluated Team Banzai's fully autonomous vehicle, the object-driven Touarge nicknamed "Dora". Team Banzai was one of 118 teams selected from entries from around the world to receive a site visit. "Dora" successfully completed 4 trial runs on a certified 200 meter course, carefullly weaving around randomly placed obstacles and remaining within the narrow boundaries of the serpentine off-road course. Mon, 09 May 2005 20:00:00 GMT 33.136473 -117.289524 75 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/darpa_visit/img01.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/darpa_visit/img02.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/darpa_visit/img03.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_10152004.htm Team Banzai has selected the world's most advanced computer operating system, Apple's Mac OS-X, as the technology foundation for its effort to win the DARPA Grand Challenge. Software development, scenario simulations, data analysis, and vehicle control will all be handled by commercial and proprietary software running on Macintosh computers from Apple. "All Macs. All the time." Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:00:00 GMT 33.685925 -117.861285 78 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/with_offroad/img13.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/delivery_day/img03.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/media/pr_10292004.htm Team Banzai has selected and taken delivery of a brand new 2004 Volkswagen Touareg as its Grand Challenge race vehicle. This stock Volkswagen Touareg will be outfitted with computer controlled actuators and sensors to enable it to drive 175 miles over desert terrain without any human assistance. "No human driver. No remote control." Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:00:00 GMT 33.481997 -117.668467 72 Sunny http://team.gobanzai.com/images/delivery_day/img01.jpg http://team.gobanzai.com/images/delivery_day/img02.jpg